Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements Books
Wellred Books The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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Wellred Books Ireland: Republicanism and Revolution
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Wellred Books History of the Russian Revolution: Volume 1
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Wellred Books History of the Russian Revolution: Volume 3
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Wellred Books Women, Family and the Russian Revolution
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Wellred Books Class Struggle in the Roman Republic
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Canut Publishers A Marxist Reading of Young Baudrillard.
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The University of Chicago Press Political Radicalism in Late Imperial Vienna
Book SynopsisThis text, winner of the John Gilmary Shea Prize, examines the social and political atmosphere of late imperial Vienna. It traces the demise of Vienna's liberal culture and the growth of a new radicalism during the latter half of the 19th century.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Map of Vienna 1: Austrian Liberals and Liberal Politics, 1848-79: Burger Privilege and the Fragmentation of Bourgeois Politics 2: The Viennese Artisans and the Origins of Political Antisemitism, 1880-90 40 3: Catholic Politics in Vienna: The Radical Clergy and the Restoration of Mittelstand Society 4: Karl Lueger and the Radicalization of Viennese Democracy, 1875-90 5: The Transformation of Viennese Politics: Metropolitan Vienna, White Collar Radicalism, and the Elections of 1891 6: The Collapse of the Liberals and the Antisemitic Conquest of Vienna, 1893-97 Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Political Epistemics The Secret Police the
Book SynopsisWhat does the durability of political institutions have to do with how actors form knowledge about them? The author investigates this question in the context of a historical case: socialist East Germany's unexpected self-dissolution in 1989. He also explores why the Stasi never developed a realistic understanding of the phenomenon of dissidence.Trade Review"Political Epistemics is a wonderful book that explains at long last the epistemological reasons behind the collapse of Eastern European state socialism. It is a magnificent testimony to the resurgence of the sociology of knowledge and its provocative arguments and conclusions will be debated widely for years to come." - Dominic Boyer, Rice University"
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The University of Chicago Press Wrong Turnings How the Left Got Lost
Book SynopsisThe Left is in crisis. Despite global economic turbulence, left-wing political parties in many countries have failed to make progress in part because they have grown too ideologically fragmented. Today, the term Left is associated with state intervention and public ownership, but this has little in common with the original meaning of the term. What caused what we mean by the Left to change, and how has that hindered progress? With Wrong-Turnings, Geoffrey M. Hodgson tracks changes in the meaning of the Left and offers suggestions for how the Left might reclaim some of its core values. The term Left originated during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries sought to abolish the monarchy and privilege and to introduce a new society based on liberty, equality, fraternity, and universal rights. Over time, however, the meaning radically changed, especially through the influence of socialism and collectivism. Hodgson argues that the Left must rediscover its roots in the Enlightenment and
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The University of Chicago Press Knowledge and Class A Marxian Critique of
Book SynopsisIntense debates in recent decades have provoked major new directions in Marxist theory. Earlier reductionist notions of knowledge, dialectics, contradiction, class, and capitalism have been challenged and profoundly transformed.
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McGill-Queen's University Press Progress Pluralism and Politics
Book SynopsisWilliams examines the colonial and anti-colonial arguments of Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, and L.T. Hobhouse. He reveals some of the central ambiguities that characterise the ways that liberal thought has dealt with the reality of an illiberal world.Trade Review"Progress, Pluralism, and Politics reconstructs a significantly more intricate story of liberalism than what is typically told. The subtlety of Williams' analysis, and his willingness to provide a nuanced account of both the liberal tradition and the individual authors that he considers in his book, are really appreciated." Brian Schmidt, Carleton University"Progress, Pluralism, and Politics makes a timely contribution to the recent debates on liberalism's historical liaisons with imperialism. David Williams insightfully reconstructs the philosophical aporias that liberal anticolonialism has found difficult to avoid and even more difficult to resolve." Onur Ulas Ince, Singapore Management University and author of Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism
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Columbia University Press The FDR Years On Roosevelt His Legacy On
Book SynopsisThis text paints a picture of Roosevelt and the American decade he has come to define. The book investigates the many facets of Roosevelt's politics and personality that inspired a nation to believe that the presidency had been reborn.Trade ReviewLeuchtenburg's ability to present a compelling, informed analysis and to draw readers into the world of national politics makes this collection an essential part of any understanding of FDR, the New Deal, and their joint legacy. Journal of American History The FDR Years will serve as benchmark and provocation. An absorbing collection of eight essays and an oral-history interview with the author... the book covers topics from Roosevelt's relationship with Huey Long to the Tennessee Valley Authority and the New Deal's use of the war metaphor. As a whole, it reacts to the criticisms of the New Deal and its leader made over the past thirty years and anticipates those of the next. Washington PostTable of Contents1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The First Modern President 2. The New Deal and the Analogue of War 3. FDR and the Kingfish 4. The Election of 1936 5. Roosevelt, Norris, and the "Seven Little TVAs" 6. Hurricane Politics 7. The Great Depression and the New Deal 8. The Achievement of the New Deal 9. The "Europeanization" of America, 1929-1950
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Columbia University Press Casting Her Own Shadow Eleanor Roosevelt the
Book SynopsisShows how Eleanor Roosevelt, after being freed from the constraints imposed by her role in the White House, expanded her career and challenged both the Democratic party and American liberals to practice what they preach.
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Columbia University Press The Politics of Authenticity Liberalism
Book SynopsisBreaking new ground in cultural, political, and social history, Rossinow tells the story of the new left-wing movement that emerged in the 1960s from an innovative perspective: illustrating the spiritual dimension of student activism and providing the first account from the bottom up-as well as linking local developments to the national scene.Trade ReviewIn a masterful blend of political, cultural, social, and diplomatic history, this book brings the crucial decade of the 1980s to life--and it does so in a highly original, imaginative manner. An ideal book for students, general readers, and speciallists alike. -- Robert McMahon, Ohio State University
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Columbia University Press Socialism Unbound
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Dick Howard Preface to the New Second Edition Acknowledgments 1. The Democratic Legacy of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 2. Karl Kautsky: The Rise and Fall of Orthodox Marxism 3. Eduard Bernstein and the Logic of Revisionism 4. Leninism and Beyond 5. A Bridge to the Present: Rosa Luxemburg and the Underground Tradition 6. Recasting the Project: Prologue for a Critical Theory of Socialism Notes Index
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Columbia University Press Socialism Unbound
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Dick Howard Preface to the New Second Edition Acknowledgments 1. The Democratic Legacy of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 2. Karl Kautsky: The Rise and Fall of Orthodox Marxism 3. Eduard Bernstein and the Logic of Revisionism 4. Leninism and Beyond 5. A Bridge to the Present: Rosa Luxemburg and the Underground Tradition 6. Recasting the Project: Prologue for a Critical Theory of Socialism Notes Index
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Columbia University Press Cinematic Guerrillas
Book SynopsisCinematic Guerrillas is a media history of Chinese film exhibition and reception that offers fresh insights into the powers and limits of propaganda.Trade ReviewIn this groundbreaking book, Jie Li delivers a fascinating account of socialist cinema. Reviving the scene of mobile projection and reception, Li reveals the human as central to technology, infrastructure, and energy. By taking propaganda history seriously, Li makes a major contribution to global media theory and archaeology. Cinematic Guerrillas will reverberate across multiple fields in the years to come. -- Weihong Bao, author of Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in ChinaCinematic Guerillas is both a bumper research harvest and a thrilling read. The memories of Mao-era mobile projectionists and audiences make us understand and feel how the cinema enchanted its audiences with revolutionary spirit—and how it made them willing to pay the heavy price of utopian dreams. -- Chris Berry, coeditor of Chinese Film Festivals: Sites of TranslationCinematic Guerrillas offers an ingenious exploration of Mao-era China. Jie Li considers state messages conveyed in film, embedding them in a physical mediascape of itinerant projectionists who hauled equipment, cash-strapped collectives who paid for local screenings, and villagers who flocked to open-air showings for entertainment and respite. Perceptive, hilarious, and heartbreaking. -- Gail Hershatter, author of The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective PastHow do you turn a scattered population into a revolutionary mass? Drawing on extensive archival and oral research, Li depicts the work of thousands of mobile projectionists traveling all over China training rural peoples for political struggle. A tour de force of historical reconstruction and theoretical intervention, this book shows how the Chinese revolution was also a media revolution dependent on the logistical work of ‘cinematic guerillas.’ -- Brian Larkin, author of Signal and Noise: Infrastructure, Media, and Urban Culture in NigeriaCinematic Guerrillas is cultural history at its best. Not only does it provide an engaging account of the culture of the young and aspiring PRC, but it also lays out an impeccable method to study socialist culture, straddling media studies and political economy to critically analyze some fundamental features of its very effective propaganda. -- Laikwan Pang, author of The Art of Cloning: Creative Production During China's Cultural RevolutionJie Li’s research on Maoist cinema as a spirit medium reveals the constant struggle to keep revolutionary enthusiasm high after the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949. Her research on mobile projectionists brings out the complexity of working with rural audiences who sought the entertainment value in films meant to be understood ideologically. This book is a fine contribution to the study of cinema under socialism. -- Wendy Larson, author of Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of CultureThrough its marvelous narrative, Cinematic Guerrillas makes a compelling case that reception constitutes the core of cinema’s function and value . . . What Li manages to both uncover and produce is a rich and richly contradictory history of Chinese cinema, or, more precisely, of cinema in China, detailing in its intricacies how projectionists and audiences became key conduits of the “media revolution” that others might more commonly call the “Chinese revolution.” -- Bruno Guaraná * Film Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revolutionary Spirit MediumshipPart I: Projectionists as Media Infrastructure1. Cinematic Nation-Building: Media Networks and Spiritual Battlegrounds2. Mobile Projectionists and the Things They Carried3. The Three Sisters Movie Team: Projecting Models, Model Projectionists, and Female Projectionists4. The Cost of Spiritual Food: A Ritual Economy of Rural CinemaPart II: Audiences as Creative Agents5. The Hot Noise of Open-Air Cinema6. Guerrilla Cinema and Guerrilla Reception7. Transcultural Guerrillas: The Reception of Foreign Films in Socialist China8. Poisonous Weeds and Censorship as ExorcismEpilogueAppendix: InterviewsNotesIndex
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Columbia University Press Cinematic Guerrillas
Book SynopsisCinematic Guerrillas is a media history of Chinese film exhibition and reception that offers fresh insights into the powers and limits of propaganda.Trade ReviewIn this groundbreaking book, Jie Li delivers a fascinating account of socialist cinema. Reviving the scene of mobile projection and reception, Li reveals the human as central to technology, infrastructure, and energy. By taking propaganda history seriously, Li makes a major contribution to global media theory and archaeology. Cinematic Guerrillas will reverberate across multiple fields in the years to come. -- Weihong Bao, author of Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in ChinaCinematic Guerillas is both a bumper research harvest and a thrilling read. The memories of Mao-era mobile projectionists and audiences make us understand and feel how the cinema enchanted its audiences with revolutionary spirit—and how it made them willing to pay the heavy price of utopian dreams. -- Chris Berry, coeditor of Chinese Film Festivals: Sites of TranslationCinematic Guerrillas offers an ingenious exploration of Mao-era China. Jie Li considers state messages conveyed in film, embedding them in a physical mediascape of itinerant projectionists who hauled equipment, cash-strapped collectives who paid for local screenings, and villagers who flocked to open-air showings for entertainment and respite. Perceptive, hilarious, and heartbreaking. -- Gail Hershatter, author of The Gender of Memory: Rural Women and China's Collective PastHow do you turn a scattered population into a revolutionary mass? Drawing on extensive archival and oral research, Li depicts the work of thousands of mobile projectionists traveling all over China training rural peoples for political struggle. A tour de force of historical reconstruction and theoretical intervention, this book shows how the Chinese revolution was also a media revolution dependent on the logistical work of ‘cinematic guerillas.’ -- Brian Larkin, author of Signal and Noise: Infrastructure, Media, and Urban Culture in NigeriaCinematic Guerrillas is cultural history at its best. Not only does it provide an engaging account of the culture of the young and aspiring PRC, but it also lays out an impeccable method to study socialist culture, straddling media studies and political economy to critically analyze some fundamental features of its very effective propaganda. -- Laikwan Pang, author of The Art of Cloning: Creative Production During China's Cultural RevolutionJie Li’s research on Maoist cinema as a spirit medium reveals the constant struggle to keep revolutionary enthusiasm high after the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949. Her research on mobile projectionists brings out the complexity of working with rural audiences who sought the entertainment value in films meant to be understood ideologically. This book is a fine contribution to the study of cinema under socialism. -- Wendy Larson, author of Zhang Yimou: Globalization and the Subject of CultureThrough its marvelous narrative, Cinematic Guerrillas makes a compelling case that reception constitutes the core of cinema’s function and value . . . What Li manages to both uncover and produce is a rich and richly contradictory history of Chinese cinema, or, more precisely, of cinema in China, detailing in its intricacies how projectionists and audiences became key conduits of the “media revolution” that others might more commonly call the “Chinese revolution.” -- Bruno Guaraná * Film Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revolutionary Spirit MediumshipPart I: Projectionists as Media Infrastructure1. Cinematic Nation-Building: Media Networks and Spiritual Battlegrounds2. Mobile Projectionists and the Things They Carried3. The Three Sisters Movie Team: Projecting Models, Model Projectionists, and Female Projectionists4. The Cost of Spiritual Food: A Ritual Economy of Rural CinemaPart II: Audiences as Creative Agents5. The Hot Noise of Open-Air Cinema6. Guerrilla Cinema and Guerrilla Reception7. Transcultural Guerrillas: The Reception of Foreign Films in Socialist China8. Poisonous Weeds and Censorship as ExorcismEpilogueAppendix: InterviewsNotesIndex
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MO - University of Illinois Press Death to Fascism Louis Adamics Fight for Democracy
Trade Review"Enyeart's work comes at a moment in which forging the multiracial, multiethnic, working-class-based, transnational antifascist movement Adamic championed is urgently necessary. . . . Death to Fascism is both praiseworthy and relevant to scholars and organizers alike." --North Median Review"Enyeart weaves together the questions of Americanism, immigration, antifascism, and foreign policy in a coherent and engaging fashion. . . . Death to Fascism is a well-written and engaging piece of historical research." --Social History"The objective of his book, Enyeart says, is 'recovering Adamic’s legacy so that we can better understand [that] our antifascist past is vital to our future' (p. 161). His well-researched book largely achieves its objective." --Journal of Cold War Studies"In this well-researched, original work, Enyeart establishes the importance of Louis Adamic as an influential political and cultural figure of the period between the 1930s and the early Cold War. Adamic's life reveals the presence of a robust anticolonialist and antifascist strand of thinking in the often-overlooked early twentieth century immigrant/ethnic Left."--John Bukowczyk, editor of Immigrant Identity and the Politics of Citizenship"Because Enyeart has captured the life and work of an antifascist democratic radical who continues to resonate today, Death to Fascism is a major accomplishment. " --H-Net Reviews"Enyeart knows his subject intimately and passionately." --TruthDig"This is a very important book. It challenges the emphasis in so much recent radical history on the centrality--for good or ill--of the Communist Party, and sees the broader left, of which Adamic was a leading member, as central. Readers will come to care about Adamic, his struggles, and even his contradictions."--David Roediger, author of Class, Race, and Marxism
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University of Illinois Press Death to Fascism
Book SynopsisBorn to Slovenian peasants, Louis Adamic commanded crowds, met with FDR and Truman, and built a prolific career as an author and journalist. Behind the scenes, he played a leading role in a coalition of black intellectuals and writers, working class militants, ethnic activists, and others that worked for a multiethnic America and against fascism. John Enyeart restores Adamic''s life to the narrative of American history. Dogged and energetic, Adamic championed causes that ranged from ethnic and racial equality to worker''s rights to anticolonialism. Adamic defied the consensus that equated being American with Anglo-Protestant culture. Instead, he insisted newcomers and their ideas kept the American identity in a state of dynamism that pushed it from strength to strength. In time, Adamic''s views put him at odds with an establishment dedicated to cold war aggression and white supremacy. He increasingly fought smear campaigns and the distortion of his views--both of which continued aTrade Review"Enyeart's work comes at a moment in which forging the multiracial, multiethnic, working-class-based, transnational antifascist movement Adamic championed is urgently necessary. . . . Death to Fascism is both praiseworthy and relevant to scholars and organizers alike." --North Median Review"Enyeart weaves together the questions of Americanism, immigration, antifascism, and foreign policy in a coherent and engaging fashion. . . . Death to Fascism is a well-written and engaging piece of historical research." --Social History"The objective of his book, Enyeart says, is 'recovering Adamic’s legacy so that we can better understand [that] our antifascist past is vital to our future' (p. 161). His well-researched book largely achieves its objective." --Journal of Cold War Studies"In this well-researched, original work, Enyeart establishes the importance of Louis Adamic as an influential political and cultural figure of the period between the 1930s and the early Cold War. Adamic's life reveals the presence of a robust anticolonialist and antifascist strand of thinking in the often-overlooked early twentieth century immigrant/ethnic Left."--John Bukowczyk, editor of Immigrant Identity and the Politics of Citizenship"Because Enyeart has captured the life and work of an antifascist democratic radical who continues to resonate today, Death to Fascism is a major accomplishment. " --H-Net Reviews"Enyeart knows his subject intimately and passionately." --TruthDig"This is a very important book. It challenges the emphasis in so much recent radical history on the centrality--for good or ill--of the Communist Party, and sees the broader left, of which Adamic was a leading member, as central. Readers will come to care about Adamic, his struggles, and even his contradictions."--David Roediger, author of Class, Race, and Marxism
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Indiana University Press The Socialist Good Life Desire Development and
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a thought-provoking and enlightening, if in places frustrating, collection of interdisciplinary essays that will be of benefit to social scientists interested in consumer lifeworlds under communist rule. -- Gediminas Lankauskas, University of Regina * The Russian Review *The volume is a useful study of Eastern European consumption during socialism and an invaluable tool with which to think about writing the histories of consumerism and state socialism in general. The provocative conclusions regarding socialism's failures as reverse echoes of our world today, with its own tortured relation to consumption, should, one hopes, resonate beyond the confines of the fields of Eastern European and socialist history. -- Victor Petrov - University of Tennessee * H-Net (Socialisms) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The Pleasures of Backwardness / Zsuzsa Gille, Cristofer Scarboro, and Diana Mincytė2. Consuming Dialogues: Pleasure, Restraint, "Backwardness," and "Civilization" in Eastern Europe / Mary Neuburger3. Just Rewards: The Social Contract and Communism's Hard Bargain with the Citizen-Consumer / Patrick Hyder Patterson4. Conceptualizing Consumption in the Polish People's Republic / Brian Porter-Szűcs 5. Oranges and the New Black: Importing, Provisioning, and Consuming Tropical Fruits and Coffee in the GDR, 1971–1989 / Anne Dietrich6. VCRs, Modernity, and Consumer Culture in Late State Socialist Poland / Patryk Wasiak7. The Enchantment of Imaginary Europe: Consumer Practices in Post-Soviet Ukraine / Tania Bulakh8. The Late Socialist Good Life and its Discontents: Bit, Kultura, and the Social Life of Goods / Cristofer Scarboro9. The Prosumerist Resonance Machine: Rethinking Political Subjectivity and Consumer Desire in State Socialism / Zsuzsa Gille and Diana MincytėIndex
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University of Notre Dame Press Success of the Left in Latin America
Book SynopsisArgues the “pink tide” in Latin America in the late 1990 was caused by voters to punish political parties unable to improve their economic well-being.Trade Review"This book breaks new ground in testing the origins of Latin America’s political turn to the Left, exploring the effects of discontent with government performance and market reform policies. Queirolo demonstrates that Latin America has experienced previous periods of leftist electoral success and that the most recent wave is more than a simple backlash against neoliberal reforms. This empirically rich study is a most welcome addition to the growing body of work on voting behavior in Latin America and its relationship to policy and performance." —Kenneth M. Roberts, Cornell University"This careful, comprehensive investigation makes an important contribution: It shows that the recent electoral success of the Latin American left did not arise from an ideological backlash against neoliberalism, but rather from a pragmatic quest for economic improvement. The book is a significant addition to the literature." —Kurt Weyland, Lozano Long Professor of Latin American Politics, University of Texas at Austin"Rosario Queirolo's The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting Behavior makes a valuable contribution to the study of Latin American politics and of comparative politics more generally. Queirolo makes a compelling argument that the general shift to the Left in Latin America was less a straightforward protest against neoliberal policies but more strongly a reaction to negative economic performance. Enriched with extensive survey data, her book is authoritative and persuasive." —Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University“Many have argued the success of the Left [in Latin America] is due to a rejection of neoliberal reforms, but Queirolo demonstrates how ‘citizens in the region are more outcome than policy oriented.’ Another assumption she successfully challenges is that Latin American electoral behavior is clientelistic and personalistic; however, she shows how in many cases the electorate is sophisticated in demanding accountability.” —Choice"Queirolo's work substantially advances our understanding of the motivations behind voter behaviour in Latin America. It is clear that in terms of its substantive content, the quality of its argument, and its use of a mixed method and micro and macro focus, this book is essential reading for those seeking to understand not only the recent 'Pink Tide' in Latin America, but also those of the cyclical historical patterns that preceded it." —Democratization“Rosario Queirolo’s path-breaking study of the Latin American left departs from this view. . . [that] we tend to ascribe voter behavior and political change to ideological variables. Queirolo’s approach is innovative in its focus on both macro political and micro political variables, and in viewing the question of the recent leftist resurgence in historical perspective. Queirolo’s work substantially advances our understanding of the motivations behind voter behavior in Latin America.” —Democratization“Queirolo is at the top of her craft when it comes to debunking myths. The first important myth is the idea that the pink tide [the electoral success of parties on the left] was a novelty. . . . Queirolo shows that the region has had ‘ideological cycles’ in the past, and that the left was a previous favorite. . . The second set of myths Queirolo debunks is the idea that the current phase represents a rejections of the neoliberal policies predominant in the 1990s, or conversely, a sign of ‘disadvantaged classes’ rising politically, or something even simpler—a mere reflection of economic indicators. . . . Queirolo has offered one of the best explanations in the literature for the origins of all this pink.” —The Americas
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University of California Press The City of the Sun
Book Synopsis"La citta del sole" is one of many books written by Tommaso Campanella - philosopher, scientist, astrologer, and poet - while imprisoned in Naples for his part in rebellion against the Spanish and ecclesiastical authorities who ruled his native Calabria. This book is the English translation of the book.Table of ContentsIntroduction Text and Translation Notes Select Bibliography
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University of California Press Victor Considerant and the Rise and Fall of
Book SynopsisVictor Considerant (1808-1893), a follower of the great utopian thinker Charles Fourier, played an important role in the creation of a Fourierist movement and the development of socialist journalism. This study offers a life story of one of the engaging figures among the French romantic intellectuals of the 1840s.
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University of California Press Against the Law Labor Protests in Chinas Rustbelt
Book SynopsisOpens a critical perspective on the slow death of socialism and the rebirth of capitalism in the world's most dynamic and populous country. Based on fieldwork and extensive interviews in Chinese textile, apparel, machinery, and household appliance factories, this book finds a rising tide of labor unrest mostly hidden from the world's attention.Trade Review"An ethnographic and analytic masterpiece... Few sociological studies have combined structural and existential, object and subjective truths so memorably as this one." London Review Of Books "This beautifully written book will catalyse further important debates on the class dimensions of labour protest." Labour HistoryTable of ContentsPreface PART I: DECENTRALIZED LEGAL AUTHORITARIANISM 1. Chinese Workers' Contentious Transition from State Socialism 2. Stalled Reform: Between Social Contract and Legal Contract PART II: RUSTBELT: PROTESTS OF DESPERATION 3. The Unmaking of Mao's Working Class in the Rustbelt 4. Life after Danwei: Surviving Enterprise Collapse PART III: SUNBELT: PROTESTS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 5. The Making of New Labor in the Sunbelt 6. Dagong as a Way of Life PART IV: CONCLUSION 7. Chinese Labor Politics in Comparative Perspective Methodological Appendix: Fieldwork in Two Provinces Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Technical Intelligentsia and the East German
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University of California Press Cinema Off Screen Moviegoing in Socialist China
Book SynopsisAt a time when what it means to watch movies keeps changing, this book offers a case study that rethinks the institutional, ideological, and cultural role of film exhibition, demonstrating that film exhibition can produce meaning in itself apart from the films being shown. Cinema Off Screen advances the idea that cinema takes place off screen as much as on screen by exploring film exhibition in China from the founding of the People's Republic in 1949 to the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s. Drawing on original archival research, interviews, and audience recollections, Cinema Off Screen decenters the filmic text and offers a study of institutional operations and lived experiences. Chenshu Zhou details how the screening space, media technology, and the human body mediate encounters with cinema in ways that have not been fully recognized, opening new conceptual avenues for rethinking the ever-changing institution of cinema.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: "Projecting Cinema" 1. Space 2. Labor 3. Multimedia 4. Atmosphere 5. Discomfort 6. Screen Postscript: Recognizing Cinema Appendix: Interviewee Profiles Character Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Iran
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University of California Press The Communist Party of Indonesia 19511963
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University of California Press The Technical Intelligentsia and the East German Elite
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University of California Press Accidental Holy Land
Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Yan'an is China's revolutionary holy land, the heart of Mao Zedong's Communist movement from 1937 to 1947. Based on thirty years of archival and documentary research and numerous field trips to the region, Joseph W. Esherick's book examines the origins of the Communist revolution in Northwest China, from the political, social, and demographic changes of the Qing dynasty (16441911), to the intellectual ferment of the early Republic, the guerrilla movement of the 1930s, and the replacement of the local revolutionary leadership after Mao and the Center arrived in 1935. In Accidental Holy Land, Esherick compels us to consider the Chinese Revolution not as some inevitable peasant response to poverty and oppression, but as the contingent product of local, national, and international events in a constantly changing milieu.Trade Review"This authoritative account of the pre-Yan’an period should be required for any serious student of China’s socialist revolution and will appeal to a general readership interested in the serpentine route the Communist Party took to power." * Pacific Affairs *
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Democracy in Britain
Book SynopsisTraces the debate on representative democracy in Britain from its origins to the present. Chapters cover such topics as the constitution (written and unwritten); the balance of powers between different groups in society; and the social contract and the nature of freedom under the law.Trade Review"An intelligent collection that brings disparate figures and ideas into fruitful dialogue." New Statesman & Society "This is not an average anthology. At its best, which is much of the time, it is a sustained and marshalled analysis, a wide-ranging dialectical thesis with witnesses for both the prosecution and defence, a historical examination of the continuing, unresolved - and intensely topical - debate about democracy and the nature of the British state." The Guardian "This collection of essays has something to enrage, inform, and sometimes startle everyone in Britain interested in how we got to here. More fleshed out than a dictionary, it is nevertheless full of succinct definitions." The ObserverTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Does the British Constitution Exist?. 2. Crown and Parliament, Government and People. 3. Representation of Groups. 4. Agreeing to be Governed. 5. Parties and Elections. 6. Democracy and Freedom. 7. Nations and Empire. 8. Democracy and the Economy. 9. A Democratic Culture?
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Arguments for a New Left
Book SynopsisAs disillusion sets in with the free market right- the legacy of Thatcher, Reagan and Geoffrey Sachs-Hiliary Wainwright retrieves and develops what was best in the thinking and practice of the new left. Challenged by the appeal of neo-liberalism to young organizers in the civic movements of Central Europe, she tackles Hayek''s critique of the all-knowing state, and his regonition of ''practical knowledge'' that no state or party can secind guess. Drawing an alternative view of knowledge from the practice of social movements (from the 1968 student revolt, through militant shop stewards organizations and the women''s movement, to green activism of the 1980''s) as well as from new philosophical currents, Wainwright counters Hayek''s individualism and denial of the legitimacy of the collective action, with a conception of knowledge as fundamentally social.On this foundation she establishes a new understanding of transformative political agengy as well as self-consciously eTrade Review"When one of Britain'smost dedicated and resourceful activists writes with this vision and energy, one is compelled to listen closely." Terry Eagleton. "Hilary Wainwright is unique for her ability to synthesize academic analysis and the practical concerns of movement politics." Francis Fox Piven.Table of ContentsPreface. The arguments: A New Left and the Democratization of Knowledge. Part I: An Eastern Challenge to the Western Left:. 1. Encounters in the New Europe. Part II: At The Heart of the Challenge:. 2. Frederick Hayek and the Social-Engineering State. 3. Transformation from Below. 4. TheTheory and Politics of Knowledge. Part III: New Kinds of Knowledge for new Forms of Democracy:. 5. From Social Movement to Self Management: A case Study from the Women's Movement. 6. From Grass Roots Organizing to New Economic Networks. 7. From Extra-Parliamentary Oppositions to Parties of new Kind. Part IV:Why Movements Matter in the New Europe: . 8. Ending the Cold War. 9. Conclusions: Transforming Governmentality. Bibliography and Further Reading. Directory of International Campaigns, Networks and Newsletters. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Radical Political Economy
Book SynopsisReformulating radical political economy, this book argues that Marxist theories of capitalism must learn both from the problems of socialism and, more controversially, from the experience of liberalism. Andrew Sayer is the author of Method In Social Science: A Realist Approach.Trade Review"This is an exceptional book and a touchstone for all future thinking about economics and social change. Sayer manages an extraordinary balancing act between the precepts of radical political economy and those of liberalism without ever losing his direction: the result is social theory at its best .... an innovative text in economic theory in its own right." Richard A. Walker, Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley "Sayer's latest work deserves to reach the widest audience because its real drama lies in its exacting contribution to clear thinking over false impression." Times Higher Education Supplement "Radical Political Economy is an important scholarly and political intervention, further reinforcing Andrew Sayer's reputation beyond a strictly geographical audience." Transactions of the IBGTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. 2. Questions of Method: Abstract Theory, Counterfactuals and Critical Standpoints. 3. Division of Labour and Economic Power: A Reconceptualisation. 4. Markets and Other Modes of Coordination. 5. Markets: Key Theoretical Debates and Evaluations. 6. Ownership and Control. 7. Non-Capitalist Economic Systems Compared. 8. The Critique Applied: Explanations of Uneven Development. 9. Implications. Conclusion.
£47.45
Harvard University Press Evolutionary Governance in China
Book SynopsisAn evolutionary framework is used to examine how the Chinese state relates with non-state actors across several fields of governance. This approach provides insight into the circumstances wherein the party-state exerts its coercive power versus engaging in more flexible responses or policy adaptations.
£25.16
Harvard University Press The Key of Liberty
Book SynopsisThe Key of Liberty offers, better than any book yet published, a grassroots view of the rise of democratic opposition in the new nation. It sheds considerable light on the popular cultureliterary, religious, and profaneof the epoch.Trade ReviewThis publication of William Manning’s writings—with their populist formulations of the powerful few and the laboring many, as well as their libertarian defenses of individual liberties—is a powerful blow for democracy and freedom. The meticulous scholarship of Michael Merrill and Sean Wilentz has unearthed a jewel in early American thought that still poses a challenge for us in these days of democratic decay. -- Cornel West, Princeton UniversityThe writings of William Manning constitute a major contribution to our understanding of the rise of American democracy, making clear the popular origins of democratic reforms, and the quality of thinking that emerged outside the political elite of the Revolutionary era. Michael Merrill and Sean Wilentz deserve our thanks for rescuing Manning from obscurity, and for brilliantly placing his work in the social and political context of his time. -- Eric Foner, Columbia UniversityThere is much in The Key of Liberty to satisfy students and historians alike, not the least of which is a more sophisticated and compelling version of Merrill’s argument about the moral basis of markets… The Key of Liberty is a fine accomplishment and makes a significant contribution to both historians and their students. * Journal of American History *Obsessed with the struggle between the few and the many, Manning, a common ‘laborer’ whose writings were collected posthumously, gives a summary of the fiscal and political conditions in Massachusetts and the colonies during the first three presidents’ terms. Manning examined the monetary system in detail along with the interrelationships of interest groups in the young country. Fascinating is the introduction by Merrill (Labor Education Center, Rutgers) and Wilentz (history, Princeton), in which they include an analysis of the religious roots of Manning’s beliefs and arguments. One of Manning’s most penetrating and revealing theories is that popular deference commonly occurs during times of economic prosperity, that in turn breeds a complacency that Manning deplored. The work has generous footnotes and the introduction cogently presents the salient points so the reader can look to the text for Manning’s actual expressions. -- Clay Williams * Library Journal *The Key of Liberty provides modern-day readers with fresh insight into the thoughts of the 18th-century citizen-soldier and his analysis of the contemporary political scene. * Choice *
£27.86
Harvard University Press Marxist Intellectuals and the WorkingClass
Book SynopsisExamines the rise, development and ultimate failure of the German Social Democrats, the largest of the European socialist parties, from 1887 to 1912. Prominent figures are discussed but the book focuses primarily on the younger generation - Paul Kampffmeyer, Max Schippel, Conrad Schmidt and others.
£64.76
Harvard University Press Red Ellen
Book SynopsisEllen Wilkinson viewed herself as part of an international radical community and became involved in socialist, feminist, and pacifist movements that spanned the globe. By focusing on the extent to which Wilkinson’s activism transcended Britain’s borders, Laura Beers adjusts our perception of the British Left in the early twentieth century.Trade ReviewA thorough, readable account of a remarkable life. From working class roots in Manchester, Ellen Wilkinson went on to become a socialist, suffragist, Labour MP, journalist, novelist, internationalist, trade unionist, Jarrow Crusade leader, and the only woman in Attlee’s postwar Cabinet—a lifetime journey few women, or men, could achieve even now. -- Pat Thane, coauthor of Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? Unmarried Motherhood in Twentieth-Century EnglandExtremely well researched and exceptionally well written, Red Ellen is work of the very highest caliber by an immensely talented historian of twentieth-century Britain. Beers provides a real sense of who Ellen Wilkinson was, how people reacted to her, and most importantly of all, why she mattered. -- Andrew Thorpe, author of Parties at War: Political Organisation in Second World War BritainA highly accessible biography of a major figure of twentieth-century British political culture. Beers presents her case for Wilkinson as a political polymath with verve and a convincing narrative style, and reveals the multifarious roles in politics—both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary—that Wilkinson played. -- Susan Pennybacker, author of From Scottsboro to Munich: Race and Political Culture in 1930s BritainBeers has produced a detailed account of an extraordinary life. -- Clare Griffiths * Times Higher Education *In Red Ellen, Laura Beers…draws a multifaceted portrait, capturing the woman herself as well as her remarkable political career. -- Martin Rubin * Wall Street Journal *Gives readers a vivid insight into the life of one of the most important figures in the history of the British radical left. -- Katherine Williams * LSE Review of Books *
£32.36
Princeton University Press Local Heroes The Political Economy of Russian
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the reconstitution of the Russian polity. This book looks at Russia's democratic transition at the local level. It explains why some of the political institutions in the Russian provinces weathered the monumental changes of the early 1990s better than others.Trade Review"An important contribution to an understanding of the transition away from Soviet rule in Russia ... and to theories of elite politics and governmental performance... [It] will stimulate readers from a wide range of backgrounds."--William M. Reisinger, American Political Science Review "An excellent study... Interesting and provocative."--Choice "Local Heroes ... makes a substantial empirical contribution to our knowledge of ... four Russian regions. It is an important book for scholars of Russia and also offers many insights to scholars of other countries as well."--Sue Davis, Russian ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefaceNote on TransliterationCh. 1Introduction3Ch. 2The Political Economy of Government Performance27Ch. 3Decentralization and Democratization: The Development of Regional Government Institutions56Ch. 4Who Governs Russia Well? Measuring Institutional Performance90Ch. 5Testing Theories of Performance Variation: Economic, Social-Structural, and Cultural Hypotheses131Ch. 6The Political Economy of Government Performance: Testing the Theory164Ch. 7Democracy and the Market at Risk?192App. ARegional Government Structures205App. BCross-Tabulations of Constituent Satisfaction with Regional Government by Urban and Rural Dwellers and by Levels of Education208Bibliography221Index235
£40.50
Princeton University Press From Communists to Foreign Capitalists The
Book SynopsisExplores the intersections of two momentous changes in the late twentieth century: the fall of Communism and the rise of globalization. This book presents a sociological treatment of the process of foreign direct investment (FDI). It demonstrates how both investors and hosts rely on social networks to make decisions about investment.Trade Review"While the book is a must read for scholars of postsocialism, it will also be of interest to economic sociologists and scholars and students of globalization, capital mobility and foreign investment, economic change, and economic development."--Christy M. Glass, Labour "Nina Bandelj has produced an outstanding piece of work on the postsocialist transformation in Eastern and Central Europe... The theoretical arguments are sophisticated and nuanced, and the empirical research behind them is outstanding. I commend the book to anyone interested in the structure of markets, the processes underlying foreign direct investment, and the processes of globalization more generally. It will be essential reading not only to those interested in postsocialist transitions but also to economic sociologists in general and to anyone interested in the social construction of markets."--Doug Guthrie, Administrative Science Quarterly "Nina Bandelj's first book is powerful and persuasive. Its strength comes from the author's personal involvement with the subject matter... The book contributes significantly to the literature on postsocialist transformation and builds upon well-known themes that have been developed since the 1990s to analyze the deep changes of the current decade... Definitely, this is a must read for both graduate students who are approaching the study of economic geography, economic sociology, globalization, and Eastern European studies and established scholars who are working on postsocialist transformation."--Christian Sellar, Economic GeographyTable of ContentsList of Tables ix List of Figures xi Acknowledgments xiii Prologue xvii CHAPTER 1: Social Foundations of the Economy 1 The Argument 2 A Social-Constructivist Perspective on Economic Organization and Action 8 The Empirical Case: Foreign Direct Investment in Postsocialist Europe 16 CHAPTER 2: From Socialism to Postsocialism 29 Socialism 30 Challenges of the Transformation: Shock Therapy versus Gradualism 43 The Context of Transformation 46 Conclusion 64 CHAPTER 3: Institutionalization of FDI in Postsocialism 65 FDI as Instituted Process 66 Legitimization of FDI Practice 70 FDI Trends since 1989 88 Explaining FDI Inflows across Countries over Time 91 How Postsocialist States Create Markets 99 Conclusion 101 CHAPTER 4: Cross-Country Patterns in FDI Flows 103 From Country Characteristics to Relations between Countries 104 Social Relations as Determinants of FDI Flows 111 Embeddedness and Globalization 126 Conclusion 130 CHAPTER 5: Embeddedness of Organizational FDI Attempts 131 Invested Transactions: The Intricacies of FDI Attempts 131 What Determines FDI Transactions? 143 Network Embeddedness 145 Cultural Embeddedness 149 Political Embeddedness 155 Macro-Institutional Embeddedness 159 Embeddedness: Structures-Power-Culture Configurations 162 Conclusion 166 CHAPTER 6: Uncertainty and the Practice of FDI Transactions 168 Rethinking Instrumental Rational Action 169 Uncertainty 174 Practical Action Model 177 Substantive Varieties of Rationality 179 Procedural Varieties of Action 181 Logic of Decision-Making Practice: Routines, Emotions, Creativity 189 Conclusion 194 CHAPTER 7: Embedded Economies 196 Creation of Markets: From One Kind of Embeddedness to Another 196 Operation of Markets: Structures-Power-Culture Configurations 200 Varieties of Postsocialist Capitalism 206 Conclusion 218 Epilogue 221 Appendix on Method and Data Sources 223 Notes 243 References 255 Index 291
£45.00
Princeton University Press The Making of British Socialism
Book SynopsisProvides an interpretation of the emergence of British socialism in the late 19th century. This title shows that British socialists responded to the dilemmas of economics and faith against a background of diverse traditions, melding economic theories opposed to capitalism with theologies which argued that people were bound in divine fellowship.Trade Review"Bevir challenges both the old historiography of socialism and current conceptions of socialism based upon the older views... Bevir accomplishes a good portion of his goals through a well-structured, closely argued text that incorporates the work of recent historians as well as the views of Marxists, Fabians, and moral socialists of the period of primary focus... A valuable resource."--Choice "Bevir has made a useful contribution to what should be considered a history in progress."--Keith Flett, Reviews in History "An impressive array of different material is covered in detail... [G]enerally the selection is very good. Overall, it is an excellent account for historians and others interested in the politics and economics of socialism in this period."--James Hall, Political Studies Review "Bevir's account contributes much to the historiography of both the European Left and late Victorian Britain. It will also be read with benefit by those seeking to revive a seemingly stagnant socialist tradition."--Henry Reichman, Historian "[T]his is an important, intelligent and provocative book, which deserves the careful attention of every student of British socialism. Impeccable and wide ranging in its scholarship, it is in many respects excellent."--Catherine Feely, European Review of History "Considering Bevir's analytical approach and his original assessments of the ideology and practice of British socialism, his book ought to be seen as a valuable addition to the historiography."--Irina Suslina, European History Quarterly "Mark Bevir has taken on a laudable task--to demonstrate that British socialism still has something to say. The historiography of the past thirty years seems to have argued socialism out of the picture, but Bevir restores it to its proper place... [T]he book on the whole is written very clearly and presents a coherent and persuasive argument."--Anna Clark, Journal of Modern History "By showing how socialism combined established traditions and new ideas in order to respond to the changing world of the late nineteenth century, The Making of British Socialism turns aside long-held assumptions about the origins of a major movement."--World Book Industry "Its great strength lies in Bevir's skilful combination of the political and the personal, and the essentially personal moral nature and character of socialist belief. Its scope is impressive, taking in many of the facets of late nineteenth-century socialism and its antecedents. Bevir is writing to an extent to reclaim a socialist heritage, and to suggest how the past can point to future political activity, and this book forms a powerful and persuasive argument in that respect."--Daniel Renshaw, Socialist History "Bevir's reassessment of key facets of late Victorian socialist political thought remains compelling... [T]his is clearly an important intervention in the history of British socialist political thought. It corrects many misconceptions and simplifications about the various strands of early socialism."--Jon Lawrence, Victorian Studies "This study of British socialist thought is a classic and is essential for any collection of key books on late nineteenth-century British socialism."--Chris Wrigley, Socialist HistoryTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xiii Chapter One: Introduction: Socialism and History 1 Chapter Two: The Victorian Context 22 Part One: The Marxists 43 Chapter Three: Ernest Belfort Bax 45 Chapter Four: Henry Mayers Hyndman 65 Chapter Five: William Morris 85 Chapter Six: The Social Democratic Federation 106 Part Two: The Fabians 129 Chapter Seven: Theories of Rent 131 Chapter Eight: George Bernard Shaw 152 Chapter Nine: Sidney Webb 173 Chapter Ten: Permeation and Independent Labor 195 Part Three: The Ethical Socialists 215 Chapter Eleven: Welfarism, Socialism, and Religion 217 Chapter Twelve: American Romanticism and British Socialism 235 Chapter Thirteen: Ethical Anarchism 256 Chapter Fourteen: The Labour Church Movement 278 Conclusion: Socialism, Labor, and the State 298 Bibliography 317 Index 337
£46.75
Princeton University Press A Dictionary of 20thCentury Communism
Book SynopsisProvides encyclopedic coverage of communism and its impact throughout the world in the 20th century. This book explains what communism was, the forms it took, and the enormous role it played in world history from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond.Trade ReviewOne of Library Journal's Best Reference Books, Law & Politics Category for 2010 "Highly accessible, essay-style entries on the concepts, figures, events, movements, and organizations associated with international modern and postmodern Communist politics... Each entry concludes a list of at least five further reading titles, offering researchers a springboard to subject-specific information."--Savanna Schroll Guz, Library Journal "Access to archives in the former Soviet Union and its satellites behind the iron curtain has enabled the 160 scholars who contributed articles to this compendium to present information formerly out of the reach of all but a few in those countries... No other comparable, current source covers twentieth-century communism in similar topical fashion. Recommended for academic and large public libraries."--James Rettig, Booklist "[I]ncludes some truly insightful profiles of key figures... [A] work well worth reading."--Irving Louis Horowitz, Wilson Quarterly "An ideologically and internationally diverse lot of contributors manage to keep the tone analytical and critical throughout, making this an insightful and essential reference for 20th-century studies."--George M. Eberhart, College & Research Libraries News "All the major names and events are covered, and an impressive variety of concepts or objects receive serious attention, too... [T]he high quality of the prose, the distinguished community of authors, and the imaginative variety of topics covered will make this a worthwhile reference."--Padraic Kenney, H-Net Reviews "The new English translation of this work provides readers with a valuable overview of the world communist movement, in 400-plus entries, including not only the history of the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China and other communist states, but also of the various communist parties in Europe, the U.S., and the rest of the world. The volume's strengths lie in its strong coverage of European communism and its willingness to discuss the theoretical and philosophical ideas of its subjects."--Choice "This indispensable reference explains what communism was, the forms it took, and the enormous role it played in world history."--Blackwells Recommends "For socialists, this base of knowledge of the historical legacy of the most important revolutionary event in the 20th century, the Russian Revolution of 1917, is indispensable."--Lawrence Rockwood, The Socialist WebZine "[A] Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism is rather different. Its entries are mostly very thorough and informative, and if one or two are written in a language that reflects the jargon of its subject, that is a small price to pay for an approach usefully empathetic to its unempathetic protagonists."--Mark Mazower, National Interest "[T]he encyclopedia as a whole is a substantial and valuable project. The individual entries are almost all of high quality. The sustained effort at treating communism as a global movement means that Russian specialists will learn a great deal about less familiar places."--David R. Stone, Russian Review "[T]he high quality of the prose, the distinguished community of authors, and the imaginative variety of topics covered will make this a worthwhile reference."--Padraic Kenney, H-Net Reviews "This is a huge and useful enterprise... Most of the leading figures of the history of communism, the communist parties, important institutions, ideological concepts, and political events are included in a well selected and concise form. This timely and important dictionary offers a broad historical and historiographical overview of twentieth century world communism. This is a significant step toward achieving the difficult task of encompassing communism as a historical phenomenon in its complexity."--IvanT. Berend, European Legacy "A Dictionary of 20th-Century Communism promises to be immensely helpful to both teachers and students of world history... [A] very powerful contribution to the relationship between aesthetics, culture, and fascism."--Robert W. Strayer, Journal of World History "[A] monumental, engrossing, truly comprehensive encyclopaedia of world communism."--Vladimir Tismaneanu, International AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction vii Acknowledgments xiii List of Entries xv List of Contributors xxvii Acronyms and Abbreviations xxxiii Entries 1 Index 895
£57.00
Princeton University Press Ruling Russia Authoritarianism from the
Book SynopsisWhen the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. This book traces the history of modern Russian politics from the Bolshevik Revolution to the presidency of Vladimir Putin.Trade Review"Western democracies often view the Russian political structure as something 'abnormal.' Zimmerman peels back this Western lens and looks systematically into Russian political history from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. He delves into how a consolidated political structure solidified with each passing generation of rulers."--Library Journal "William Zimmerman's new book is perfectly timed to furnish a backdrop to this discussion, providing the first major overview of Russian leadership politics from 1917 to the present... Ruling Russia is written in a lively style, with flashes of humour."--Lara Cook, Times Higher Education "William Zimmerman ... has written an important book rich in historical detail."--Survival "This is a book for those who know a little about Soviet and Russian politics but who wish to gain a balanced and intelligent deeper understanding of the process of change that may one day end up with Russia becoming a 'normal' system."--Richard Sakwa, Russian Review "Zimmerman's book is a major contribution, which speaks to comparativists, Russia scholars, and the broader public alike."--Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Democratization "Zimmerman's book is a welcome addition to the literature on comparative authoritarianism, and it is a unique contribution to the study of contemporary Russian politics in particular."--Kathryn Stoner, Political Science Quarterly "This is an important and impressive scholarly work... One would be hard-pressed to find another work that covers as much in just over 300 pages."--Paul Kubicek, Soviet and Post-Soviet ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 From Democratic Centralism to Democratic Centralism 14 Chapter 2 Alternative Mobilization Strategies, 1917-1934 43 Chapter 3 From Narrow Selectorate to Autocracy 75 Chapter 4 The Great Purge 102 Chapter 5 From Totalitarianism to Welfare Authoritarianism 130 Chapter 6 Uncertainty and "Democratization": The Evolution of Post-Brezhnevian Politics, 1982-1991 164 Chapter 7 Democratizing Russia, 1991-1997 196 Chapter 8 The Demise of Schumpeterian Democracy, the Return to Certainty, and Normal ("Full") Authoritarianism, 1998-2008 220 Chapter 9 The Return of Uncertainty? The 2011-2012 Electoral Cycle 267 Chapter 10 The Past and Future of Russian Authoritarianism 291 Selected Bibliography 311 Index 323
£26.60
Princeton University Press Ruling Russia Authoritarianism from the
Book SynopsisWhen the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end. Yet today's Russia appears to be retreating from democracy, not progressing toward it. Ruling Russia is the only book of its kind to trace the history of modern Russian politics from the Bolshevik Revolution to the presidency of VlTrade Review"Western democracies often view the Russian political structure as something 'abnormal.' Zimmerman peels back this Western lens and looks systematically into Russian political history from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. He delves into how a consolidated political structure solidified with each passing generation of rulers."--Library Journal "William Zimmerman's new book is perfectly timed to furnish a backdrop to this discussion, providing the first major overview of Russian leadership politics from 1917 to the present... Ruling Russia is written in a lively style, with flashes of humour."--Lara Cook, Times Higher Education "William Zimmerman ... has written an important book rich in historical detail."--Survival "This is a book for those who know a little about Soviet and Russian politics but who wish to gain a balanced and intelligent deeper understanding of the process of change that may one day end up with Russia becoming a 'normal' system."--Richard Sakwa, Russian Review "Zimmerman's book is a major contribution, which speaks to comparativists, Russia scholars, and the broader public alike."--Inga A.-L. Saikkonen, Democratization "Zimmerman's book is a welcome addition to the literature on comparative authoritarianism, and it is a unique contribution to the study of contemporary Russian politics in particular."--Kathryn Stoner, Political Science Quarterly "This is an important and impressive scholarly work... One would be hard-pressed to find another work that covers as much in just over 300 pages."--Paul Kubicek, Soviet and Post-Soviet ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 From Democratic Centralism to Democratic Centralism 14 Chapter 2 Alternative Mobilization Strategies, 1917-1934 43 Chapter 3 From Narrow Selectorate to Autocracy 75 Chapter 4 The Great Purge 102 Chapter 5 From Totalitarianism to Welfare Authoritarianism 130 Chapter 6 Uncertainty and "Democratization": The Evolution of Post-Brezhnevian Politics, 1982-1991 164 Chapter 7 Democratizing Russia, 1991-1997 196 Chapter 8 The Demise of Schumpeterian Democracy, the Return to Certainty, and Normal ("Full") Authoritarianism, 1998-2008 220 Chapter 9 The Return of Uncertainty? The 2011-2012 Electoral Cycle 267 Chapter 10 The Past and Future of Russian Authoritarianism 291 Afterword to the Paperback Edition 311 Selected Bibliography 327 Index 339
£22.50
Princeton University Press The Making of British Socialism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Bevir challenges both the old historiography of socialism and current conceptions of socialism based upon the older views... Bevir accomplishes a good portion of his goals through a well-structured, closely argued text that incorporates the work of recent historians as well as the views of Marxists, Fabians, and moral socialists of the period of primary focus... A valuable resource."--Choice "Bevir has made a useful contribution to what should be considered a history in progress."--Keith Flett, Reviews in History "An impressive array of different material is covered in detail... [G]enerally the selection is very good. Overall, it is an excellent account for historians and others interested in the politics and economics of socialism in this period."--James Hall, Political Studies Review "Bevir's account contributes much to the historiography of both the European Left and late Victorian Britain. It will also be read with benefit by those seeking to revive a seemingly stagnant socialist tradition."--Henry Reichman, Historian "[T]his is an important, intelligent and provocative book, which deserves the careful attention of every student of British socialism. Impeccable and wide ranging in its scholarship, it is in many respects excellent."--Catherine Feely, European Review of History "Considering Bevir's analytical approach and his original assessments of the ideology and practice of British socialism, his book ought to be seen as a valuable addition to the historiography."--Irina Suslina, European History Quarterly "Mark Bevir has taken on a laudable task--to demonstrate that British socialism still has something to say. The historiography of the past thirty years seems to have argued socialism out of the picture, but Bevir restores it to its proper place... [T]he book on the whole is written very clearly and presents a coherent and persuasive argument."--Anna Clark, Journal of Modern History "By showing how socialism combined established traditions and new ideas in order to respond to the changing world of the late nineteenth century, The Making of British Socialism turns aside long-held assumptions about the origins of a major movement."--World Book Industry "Its great strength lies in Bevir's skilful combination of the political and the personal, and the essentially personal moral nature and character of socialist belief. Its scope is impressive, taking in many of the facets of late nineteenth-century socialism and its antecedents. Bevir is writing to an extent to reclaim a socialist heritage, and to suggest how the past can point to future political activity, and this book forms a powerful and persuasive argument in that respect."--Daniel Renshaw, Socialist History "Bevir's reassessment of key facets of late Victorian socialist political thought remains compelling... [T]his is clearly an important intervention in the history of British socialist political thought. It corrects many misconceptions and simplifications about the various strands of early socialism."--Jon Lawrence, Victorian Studies "This study of British socialist thought is a classic and is essential for any collection of key books on late nineteenth-century British socialism."--Chris Wrigley, Socialist HistoryTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xiii Chapter One: Introduction: Socialism and History 1 Chapter Two: The Victorian Context 22 Part One: The Marxists 43 Chapter Three: Ernest Belfort Bax 45 Chapter Four: Henry Mayers Hyndman 65 Chapter Five: William Morris 85 Chapter Six: The Social Democratic Federation 106 Part Two: The Fabians 129 Chapter Seven: Theories of Rent 131 Chapter Eight: George Bernard Shaw 152 Chapter Nine: Sidney Webb 173 Chapter Ten: Permeation and Independent Labor 195 Part Three: The Ethical Socialists 215 Chapter Eleven: Welfarism, Socialism, and Religion 217 Chapter Twelve: American Romanticism and British Socialism 235 Chapter Thirteen: Ethical Anarchism 256 Chapter Fourteen: The Labour Church Movement 278 Conclusion: Socialism, Labor, and the State 298 Bibliography 317 Index 337
£999.99
Princeton University Press Communisms Shadow Historical Legacies and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[An] immensely ambitious, careful, and data-rich study. . . . Those trying to pin down with greater precision the legacy of communism now have a model to emulate."---Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs"In this immensely ambitious, careful, and data-rich study, Pop-Eleches and Tucker do not merely explore the historical legacy of communism in eastern Europe; they also tackle the far more difficult problem of distinguishing its impact from that of other factors." * Foreign Affairs *"This book should be widely read by those interested in post-communist politics and societies, but it should also find a broader audience, as it sets a high standard in how to do research with public opinion datasets and wrestle with questions of the legacy effects of prior political systems."---Paul Kubicek, Slavic ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Country Code Abbreviations Used in Figures 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 xv 1 Communism's Shadow 1 2 Living through Communism 32 3 Methods and Data 63 4 Democracy 99 5 Markets 136 6 Social Welfare 186 7 Gender Equality 215 8 Temporal Resilience and Change 247 9 Legacies and Communism 282 Bibliography 313 Index 333
£999.99
Princeton University Press In Hitlers Munich
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Hitler’s Munich: Jews, the Revolution and the Rise of Nazism explores the great variety of roles played by Munich’s Jews in those years, putting to rest any simple characterization of pre-World War II German Jewry."---Robert Siegel, Moment"In his excellent new book, the noted German Jewish historian Michael Brenner explains and analyses how and why Munich became the bedrock of Nazism."---Colin Shindler, Jewish Chronicle"Michael Brenner. . . has written a book that tells the tragic story of the city and its Jews after World War I without fear or favor and, indeed, in this particular case, without either pride or shame."---Steven E. Aschheim, Jewish Review of Books"Brenner’s scholarship is rigorous and impressive. . . . [He] never lets us forget that these were people, not just figures in a historical text. . . . Although he did not intend or foresee it when he began to write, it quickly became apparent to him that what he was describing resonated uncomfortably with the events of January 6th, 2020 — the storming of the Capitol in Washington. At every turn the reader is reminded of the lessons of history."---Mark Welch, Jewish Book Council"Deep, important research by a master historian." * Kirkus Reviews *"Michael Brenner. . . provides important lessons which might help thwart the ongoing collapse of democracies across the world. . . . the book is a timely lesson on how it’s imperative to shake up people gullible enough to fall into the trap of manufactured lies and give their unequivocal allegiance to forces that silently work towards genocidal politics and the weakening of the fabric of constitutional democracy. As democracies are imperilled, Brenner’s relevant account of the anti-Semitic discourse that underpinned the early years of Hitler’s quest for power becomes a wake-up call."---Shelley Walia, The Hindu"Anyone who wants to understand the rise of the Nazis would do well to read Brenner's book."---Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Radicalism of Fools: Rethinking Anti-Semitism"An indispensable account of how, after the failed left-wing November Revolution of 1918–19 in Munich, the new conservative government of Germany promoted the lie that Jews were responsible for Germany's defeat in World War I and the rise of Bolshevism in Germany. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice Reviews *"Munich as the point of origin for the explosion of antisemitism in Germany in the early 1920s is the focus of In Hitler’s Munich. For Michael Brenner what mattered most was not the reprieve Jews experienced in 1923 but the failed revolution of 1918–1919 that put them at so much risk in the first place."---Christopher R. Browning, New York Review of Books
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